From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37528) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YtAqK-0003y6-4V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2015 04:19:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YtAqF-00028k-3Y for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2015 04:19:40 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22c]:35460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YtAqE-00028W-St for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2015 04:19:35 -0400 Received: by wgnd10 with SMTP id d10so101926086wgn.2 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 01:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <5555AC13.2090104@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 10:19:31 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20150513174204.GS23627@redhat.com> <5553C651.4060000@redhat.com> <20150514111825.GE3441@redhat.com> <878ucr4bb7.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> <20150514160545-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <5554E166.7050909@redhat.com> <877fsap9e4.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> In-Reply-To: <877fsap9e4.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Do not emulate a floppy drive when -nodefaults List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Markus Armbruster , John Snow Cc: Kevin Wolf , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Stefano Stabellini , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, rth@twiddle.net On 15/05/2015 09:50, Markus Armbruster wrote: > --nodefaults must continue to disable all optional parts of the board. > > What exactly is optional is for the board / machine type to define. It > can't be changed once the machine type is released. > > When in doubt, make it optional. I agree entirely. This unfortunately applies only to future boards. > Since Q35 is just starting to become migratable, the time to painlessly > change its optional parts is *now*. I can buy this. Let's just not divert attention from more important stuff. I may be more inclined to accept patches, if we add something to our security policy about disliking cute backronyms that attract bad journalism like magnets. And I'm only half joking; more like only 1% joking. Paolo